How has the media since the First Gulf War altered political analysis and how has this alteration has in turn affected socially-critical art? Colleran examines more than forty plays, many written in direct response to the 1991 war in Iraq as well as to the 9/11 attacks and the retaliatory actions in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Autorentext
Jeanne Colleran is dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and a professor of English at John Carroll University, USA.

Inhalt
Introduction: Spectator of Calamities Five Political Crises: The New Semiotic Environment Turning History into Happening The Persians From the Ruins of 9/11: Grief and Terror Facing Terror War Documents Bodies Count The Spectacle of Our Suffering